Agri-biotech an Effective Tool in Battling Africa’s Food Security Challenge
By Vitumbiko Chinoko The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its recent report of the state of climate change singled out that [...]
Animal Biotechnology: The Next Frontier
By Dr. Margaret Karembu The ISAAA family was privileged to co-host the 4th International Animal Biotechnology Regulatory Perspectives conference, [...]
Strengthening Stewardship is Key in Bolstering Adoption of Biotech Crops in Africa
Africa has made tremendous progress in crop biotechnology with seven countries – Eswatini, Ethiopia, Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and [...]
Kenyan Scientists Embark on Synthetic Biology Research
The first-ever government-funded research project on Synthetic Biology in Kenya has been launched. The project, funded under the country’s [...]
ISAAA presents a live Webinar on Animal Biotechnology
ISAAA AfriCenter will host a live webinar on animal biotechnology on Thursday August 27, 2020 at 12:00 GMT. The Webinar, themed Animal [...]
Kenya’s top scientist awarded prestigious Royal Society Africa Prize 2020
Professor Steven Runo, a molecular biologist at Kenyatta University, Kenya, was recently announced winner of Royal Society Africa Prize for best [...]
KENYA TO PLANT BT COTTON BY NOVEMBER 2020
Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development Cabinet Secretary Ms. Betty Maina said farmers should expect to plant Bt cotton by November [...]
Webinar: The Challenges of Communicating about Gene Technologies
ISAAA presents the next webinar entitled The Challenges of Communicating about Gene Technologies in Post-truth, Post-trust, Post-expert, and [...]
Understanding cultivar decline in sweetpotato for better seed systems interventions
By Kwame Ogero, International Potato Center (CIP) Cultivar decline, a progressive reduction in yields from season to season, is a major challenge [...]